The 360 LP Tilt Sensor Adjustment / Disable Guide - UPDATED

[sscotth]

[sscotth]

[Cyp-]

Thx to everyone on this post ! ! !

I will no be angry now for my 3 in SP path

great to share this !

[Cyp-]

Thx to everyone on this post ! ! !

I will no be angry now for my 3 in SP path

great to share this !

[005]

In June I bought a 360 LP and have been using it with Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band. Using Star Power has been interesting with this new guitar - I was hoping someone could help me out. My LP has been behaving in the following ways:

In GH3, when playing a song: The first time in the song I get a half a meter of star power, the star power is instantly activated. I've kept the guitar completely still and this still happens. When I get star power again in the same song, I cannot activate using Select. I also cannot activate with a normal tilt, I literally have to swing the neck like 135 degrees from down to up to activate.

In Rock Band, I can activate Star Power using Select just fine. When I try to tilt, it takes a similar absurdly big swing to get the tilt to register. There isn't any auto-activation upon first getting star power, either.

I'm absolutely fine with just hitting Select, if the tilt doesn't work, that's fine. But now that the Virtuoso Pack is out for Guitar Hero 3, I actually want to play that game, and so I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions to get the star power issues fixed. Mostly, it's getting that Select button to work in Guitar Hero 3 that I'd like to do. I care more about that than eliminating that first auto-activation. Any ideas?

I'm worried that because the behavior in the two games is different, the problem lies with how the different software between the two games interprets the LP's signal, rather than a problem with the LP itself. And that's something I definitely can't fix.

[005]

In June I bought a 360 LP and have been using it with Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band. Using Star Power has been interesting with this new guitar - I was hoping someone could help me out. My LP has been behaving in the following ways:

In GH3, when playing a song: The first time in the song I get a half a meter of star power, the star power is instantly activated. I've kept the guitar completely still and this still happens. When I get star power again in the same song, I cannot activate using Select. I also cannot activate with a normal tilt, I literally have to swing the neck like 135 degrees from down to up to activate.

In Rock Band, I can activate Star Power using Select just fine. When I try to tilt, it takes a similar absurdly big swing to get the tilt to register. There isn't any auto-activation upon first getting star power, either.

I'm absolutely fine with just hitting Select, if the tilt doesn't work, that's fine. But now that the Virtuoso Pack is out for Guitar Hero 3, I actually want to play that game, and so I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions to get the star power issues fixed. Mostly, it's getting that Select button to work in Guitar Hero 3 that I'd like to do. I care more about that than eliminating that first auto-activation. Any ideas?

I'm worried that because the behavior in the two games is different, the problem lies with how the different software between the two games interprets the LP's signal, rather than a problem with the LP itself. And that's something I definitely can't fix.

[jcstahl1]

putting the chip into "sleep" mode as detailed in the first post will work for you. when the chip is asleep, you can ONLY activate star power using select. i have tested this with both GH and RB.

[jcstahl1]

putting the chip into "sleep" mode as detailed in the first post will work for you. when the chip is asleep, you can ONLY activate star power using select. i have tested this with both GH and RB.

[005]

[005]

[jcstahl1]

[jcstahl1]

[005]

[005]

[BadChris]

Hey guys,
I tried disabling the tilt sensor yesterday, following your instructions, but when I ground TP17 to the negative the guitar won't power up, and when I try gounding TP17 with TP8, it disables the sensor alright, but after 20-30 seconds I get the faint-flickering-xbox-button problem that esoteric has....

I tried a couple of other spots too ( from the alternatives shown in another post) but didn't work ( sensor still triggers automatically ). Although that might be because the soldering was too weak and the connection might have broken when I put the case back on..

I'll try grounding pin 7 ( or maybe first the 6g jumpers) although I need to get a better iron, mine is a "butcher's instrument". I am lucky I didn't fry anything yet.

I just find it weird that making the same connections as you guys gives different results...

[BadChris]

Hey guys,
I tried disabling the tilt sensor yesterday, following your instructions, but when I ground TP17 to the negative the guitar won't power up, and when I try gounding TP17 with TP8, it disables the sensor alright, but after 20-30 seconds I get the faint-flickering-xbox-button problem that esoteric has....

I tried a couple of other spots too ( from the alternatives shown in another post) but didn't work ( sensor still triggers automatically ). Although that might be because the soldering was too weak and the connection might have broken when I put the case back on..

I'll try grounding pin 7 ( or maybe first the 6g jumpers) although I need to get a better iron, mine is a "butcher's instrument". I am lucky I didn't fry anything yet.

I just find it weird that making the same connections as you guys gives different results...

[tremel]

i'm so confused, do i have to solder anything to pin 7 to put it to sleep or can i just attach a wire from tp17 to tp8?
can someone explain to me in very simple terms

[tremel]

i'm so confused, do i have to solder anything to pin 7 to put it to sleep or can i just attach a wire from tp17 to tp8?
can someone explain to me in very simple terms

[jcstahl1]

[jcstahl1]

[ChronicRusk]

if only i could use select...

[ChronicRusk]

if only i could use select...

[Spartn1337]

I'm assuming that this won't work nearly the same for x-plorers?

And if not are there any mods of this sort for guitars other than LP's?
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[Spartn1337]

I'm assuming that this won't work nearly the same for x-plorers?

And if not are there any mods of this sort for guitars other than LP's?
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[jcstahl1]

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[Injecti0n]

I'm somewhat confused here...I would like to set the accelerometer to a switch, so that i can disable the chip for myself and enable it when anyone else plays with this guitar. Do i need to desolder the jumper setting the chip to 1.5?

Also, looking at sscotth's pictures it seems like the jumper hadn't been desoldered, and there wasn't anything connected to Pin 7 on the accelerometer. It looks like he soldered a wire (the white one) to one leg of his switch, but i can't see where the green wire goes. Is it soldered to the Pin 7 on the bottom of the board?

[Injecti0n]

I'm somewhat confused here...I would like to set the accelerometer to a switch, so that i can disable the chip for myself and enable it when anyone else plays with this guitar. Do i need to desolder the jumper setting the chip to 1.5?

Also, looking at sscotth's pictures it seems like the jumper hadn't been desoldered, and there wasn't anything connected to Pin 7 on the accelerometer. It looks like he soldered a wire (the white one) to one leg of his switch, but i can't see where the green wire goes. Is it soldered to the Pin 7 on the bottom of the board?

[jcstahl1]

[jcstahl1]